Weather {See Meteorology) 



Webb (Rev. T. W., F.R.A.S.), Berthon Dynamometer, 6 ; 



Aurora Borealis of Feb. 4, 1872, 303 ; Meteor of March 4, 



1S72, 400 

 AVebb (Robert Rumsey), Senior Wrangler for 1S72. 271, 370 

 Weddevburn (Sir D. Bart., M.P.), Aurora Borealis of Feb. 4, 



1872, 303 

 Weights and Measures in British India, 450 

 Weijenbergh (M. H. Jun.), Parthenogenesis among the Lepidop- 



tera, 149 

 Wernicke (Von Ad.), Mechanics, 41 

 Whales, Ziphoid, Prof W. H. Flower, F.R.S., 103 

 Wes'erby ( Bishop), Cyclone in the West Indies, 507 

 " Whin " Rock, Etymology of the Word, 383, 399 

 Whipple, (G. M., F.R.A.S.), Magnetic Disturbance drring 



Solar Eclipse, 285 ; Brilliant Meteor, 481 

 Whiteaves (J.F.), Deep-Sea Dredging, 8 

 Whitcchapel Literary and Scientific Society, 70 

 Whitmee (S. J-), Aurora Island, 365 

 Whittlesey (C), Rock Inscriptions in Ohio, 212 

 Whitney (J. D.), "Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountain Build- 

 ing," 240 

 Wilhams (W, Mattieu, F.C.S.), Universal Atmosphere, 5; 



Burnt Iron and Steel, 213 ; Turner's Vision, 500 

 Willianjson (Prof. W. C, F.R.S), Exogenous Structures in Coal 



Plants, 6, 45, 394 

 Wilson, (J. M.jF.G.S.), on Teaching Geology and Botany, 263 

 " Winds in Western Europe, Laws of," 200 

 Wings of Birds, Mechanism of Flexion and Extension in, 233, 



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Wombwell's Menagerie, Sale of, 430, 469 

 Wood (Rev. J. G., F.L. S.), "Insects at Home," 65 

 Wood (T., Ph.D., F.C.S.), Chemical Notes for the Lecture- 

 Room, 398 

 Wood (Wm. W. ), on a New Volcano in the Philippines, 84 

 Woodward (H., F.G.S.), Sentence on Elisee Recluse, 254; his 



Views on the supposed Legs of Trilobites, 393 

 Wormell (Richard), on " Theoretical and Applied Mechanics," 



41, 63, 81 

 Wright (R.P.), "Elements of Plane Geometry, " 282 

 Yellowstone Valley (U. S. ), its Appropriation as a National Park, 



403. 449 

 Young (Prof. C. A., Ph.D.), Spectroscopic Notes, 85 ; Bright 

 Lines in the Spectrum of the Chromosphere, 312 ; Recurrent 

 Vision, 512 



Ziphoid Whales, 103 

 Zodiacal Light, 285 

 Zoological Gardens, 88 ; Hippopotamus bom, King Penguin, 



210 

 Zoological Nomenclature, 340 

 Zoological Record for 1870, 238 

 Zoological Results of the Eclipse Expedition, 184 

 Zoological Society, 55, 94, 133, 214, 255, 314, 355, 396, 474, 



S'4 . 

 Zoological Stations, Proposed Foundation of, 277, 320, 437 

 Zoological Statistics and the Hudson B.iy Company, 240 

 Zoology : Hairy Tapir, 39 1 , Placental Classification of Mammals, 



381 ; Sale of Wombwell's Menagerie, 469 

 Zoology and Palaeontology, Relations between, 34 



